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NEW    WORKING    CODE    OF    THE    DIS- 
TRICT   COUNCIL. 


Section  1.  Eight  hours  shall  constitute 
a  day's  work.  The  working  hours  shall 
be  from  8  a.  m.  to  12  neon,  and  from 
1  p.  m.  to  5  p.  m.,  except  in  winter,  when 
one-half  hour  may  be  taken  for  lunch  at 
noon. 

Sec.  2.  On  Saturday  the  work  time 
shall  be  from  8  a.  m.  to  12  noon. 

Sec  3.  Time  and  one-half  shall  be  paid 
for  all  overtime  except  Saturday  from 
5  p.  m.,  Sundays,  Christmas  Day,  Fourth 
of  July,  Thanksgiving,  New  Year's  Day, 
which  shall  be  double  time.  No  work  to 
be  performed  Labor  Day. 

Sec.  4.  Contractors  working  a  night 
gang  must  pay  at  the  rate  of  time  and 
one-half,  unless  working  three  shifts  on 
same  job.  No  man  is  allowed  to  work 
double  shift  for  straight  time.  Contract- 
ors working  two  shifts  or  more  on  same 
job  shall  allow  the  men  one-half  hour  for 
lunch,  time  to  go  on.  All  time  over  8 
hours  Saturday  from  5  p.  m.  until  Monday 
8  a.  m.,  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of 
double  time,  Sundays  and  holidays,  ^s  in 


Section  3 ;  also  from  12  noon  on  Satur- 
day until  0  p.  m,  at  the  rate  of  time  and 
one-half. 

Sec.  5.  A  Shop  Steward  must  be  ap- 
pointed on  each  job  after  the  first  half 
day's  work. 

Sec.  6.  When  members  of  this  Uniqfi 
are  moved  from  one  job  to  another,  their 
car  fare  must  be  paid  and  time  to  go 
on  also:  if  m,oved  before  or  after  work- 
ing hour?,  shall  be  paid  rate  of  time  and 
one-half.  Members  working  outside  city 
limits  m.ust  be  allowed  car  fare. 

Sec.  7.  Members  must  be  paid  at  quit- 
ting time  Saturday,  12  noon;  if  kept  wait- 
ing more  than  one-half  hour,  shall  receive 
tim.e  and  one-half  for  same.  When  a 
m.ember  is  discharged  he  shall  be  paid 
at  once  or  time  check  payable  at  the 
office  shall  be  honored,  providing  he  is 
allowed  one  hour  for  traveling  to  the 
office. 

Sec.  8.  Foreman  on  fireproof  work 
must  carry  the  currant  working  card 
from  the  American  Brotherhood  of  Ce- 
ment Workers'  organization;  also  on  all 
concrete  foundations  where  there  is  no 
stone  or  brick  to  be  laid  on  said  founda- 


tions,  contractors  must  employ  a  mem- 
ber of  this  Union  as  foreman  on  said 
work  exclusively. 

Sec.  9.  ShopSteward  must  see  that  every 
man  carries  a  currant  working  card 
on  the  first  day.  If  any  person  not  carry- 
ing a  card  is  doing  our  work  on  the 
building,  or  in  the  vicinity,  it  will  be  the 
duty  of  the  Shop  Steward  to  stop  them, 
and  if  unable  to  do  so,  must  notify  the 
Business  Agent  at  once.  The  Steward  on 
any  job  has  the  privilege  to  examine  the 
pay  on  pay-day  if  he  has  any  doubt 
whether  the  members  receive  the  Union 
scale  of  wages.  If  the  Steward  finds  a 
member  or  members  working  for  less 
than  the  scale  demanded,  he  shall  report 
such  member  or  members  to  the  Union. 

Sec.  10.  Contractors  calling  for  men 
shall  state  specifically  the  number  of 
men  necessary;  also  shall  see  the  men 
go  to  work  after  arriving  on  job;  other- 
wise shall  allow  the  men  one  hour  for 
showing  on  said  jobs. 

Sec.  11.  One  member  of  each  con- 
tracting firm  allowed  to  use  tools. 

Sec.  12.  No  finishers'  helpers  will  be 
allowed    to    use    tools,    unless    there    are 


finishers  employed  on  the  job. 

Sec.  13.  When  a  member  is  discharged 
or  laid  off,  he  shall  receive  his  pay,  pro- 
viding the  contractor  has  no  work  for 
him  next  day. 

Sec.  14.  We  demand  the  right  for  our 
Business  Agents  to  visit  all  jobs  where 
our  members  are  employed. 

Sec.  15.  No  member  of  this  Union  will 
be  allowed  to  take  contracts  without  first 
surrendering  his  card  to  the  Union  he  is 
a  member  of. 

Sec.  16.  In  case  Shop  Steward  is  dis- 
charged without  just  cause,  the  Business 
Agent  shall  be  notified  immediately.  No 
job  to  be  stopped  without  the  Business 
Agent's  consent. 

Sec.  17.  On  jobs  where  there  are  two 
concrete  machine  mixers  working  at  the 
same  time,  two  foremen  must  be  em- 
ployed; also  on  jobs  where  there  are 
twenty  men  or  more  employed. 

Sec.  18.  Members  on  composition 
floor  work  shall  not  start  to  work  before 
8  a.  m,,  and  shall  not  receive  less  than 
eight  (8)  hours  pay  for  that  day. 


Sec.  19.  All  finishers  are  required  to 
become  members  of  the  Finishers'  Union, 
and  no  job  will  be  recognized  a  Union 
job  unless  a  finisher  is  employed.  This 
pertains  to  finish  work  only. 

Sec.  20.  No  finisher  or  member  will  be 
permitted  to  work  more  than  eight  (8) 
iiours  for  straight  time  between  the  hours 
of  8  a.  m.  and  5  p.  m.  All  overtime  to  be 
paid  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half, 
with  the  exception  of  Saturday  after 
5  p.  m.,  Sundays  and  holidays,  as  in  Sec- 
tion 3. 

Sec.  21.  Cement  finisher  shall  be  the 
foreman  over  all  finished  work. 

Sec.  22.  The  finishers  claim  the  follow- 
ing line  of  work:  The  finishing  of  all 
sidewalks,  curb  and  gutter,  all  floor  work 
whether  of  cement  or  any  other  patent 
material,  such  as  composition  or  any 
plastic  material;  the  setting  and  finish- 
ing of  all  illuminating  tile  when  set  in 
cement  and  patching  of  same;  the  point- 
ing and  patching  of  cement  work  of  all 
descriptions,  when  done  with  finisher's 
tools,  or  where  surface  is  finished  in  such 
a  way  that  no  other  material  is  applied, 
shall  be  recognized  as  finisher's  work. 


Sec.  23.  Wages  as  follows:  Cement 
Mixers,  40  cents  per  hour;  Blockmen  and 
Frame  Setters,  45  cents;  Laborer  Fore- 
man,  621/^   cents. 


JURISDICTION    OF   WORK. 

The  handling  and  mixing  of  all  ma- 
terial used  for  concrete  in  the  construc- 
tion of  buildings,  walls,  bridges,  smoke- 
stacks, fences,  engine  and  boiler  founda- 
tions and  fireproofing,  the  mixing  of  all 
cement  compounds  used  for  the  said  pur- 
poses, whether  mixed  on  yard  mill  or  on 
the  job;  the  making  of  piles,  fence  posts 
and  waterproofing,  the  laying  out  of  and 
finishing  of  all  granitoid  and  cement 
work,  such  as  floors,  curb  and  gutter, 
sidewalks,  steps,  copings,  illuminating 
tile  set  in  cement  foundations,  monu- 
mental work,  cement  asbestolite  and  plas- 
tic floor  work,  the  handling,  manning, 
moving,  or  placing  of  all  devices  or  ma- 
chinery used  for  the  conveying  of  the 
material  to  or  from  the  mixer  where  the 
aggregate  is  mixed.  All  asphalt  and 
creosote  block  work,  the  setting  of  all 
cement  blocks,  cement  finishers'  scale  of 
wages:  Foremen,  70c  per  hour;  finishers, 
60  cents;  helpers,  50  cents. 


ORDER   OF   BUSINESS. 

1.  Meeting    called    to    order    by    the 
President, 

2.  Ro'l  call  of  delegates. 

3.  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  pre- 
vious meeting. 

4.  Reading    of    communications    3.vA 

bnis. 

5.  Election  an^  installation  of  officers. 

6.  Unfinished  business. 

7.  New  bus4ness. 

8.  Good  and  welfare  of  the  Union 

9.  Receipts   and   expenditures   of   the 
meeting. 

10.     Adjournment. 


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